CRICKET Equipment-Guyana has joined the long list of sponsors for the upcoming Prime Minister’s T20 Softball Tournament, set to bowl off on Friday, October 11 at various venues around Georgetown and East Coast Demerara.
On Monday last, Tournament Director, John Ramsingh received the sponsorship cheque from Ganesh Persaud, a staff member from Cricket Equipment-Guyana.
The presentation took place at the business entity, the C-Store of the Bel Air Rubis Service Station, on the Rupert Craig Highway, Sophia Public Road.
According to Persaud, Cricket Equipment-Guyana is delighted to be associated with the three-day softball extravaganza. He disclosed that Cricket Equipment-Guyana provides wholesale and retail sales for all cricket equipment and is the sole importer and distributor for SS/Ton, SG, DSC and Kapson Sports equipment.
Ramsingh, in response, expressed gratitude to Persaud and Cricket Equipment-Guyana for their support.
Over G$3M in prize money and other incentives will be up for grabs in the tournament which will see teams from Guyana, New York, Canada and Florida participating.
The men will battle in three categories (20 overs): Legends (Over-50), Masters (Over-40) and Open (All-Stars) while there’s also a 12-team women’s division where the teams will vie for supremacy over 15 overs.
The finals in all the categories will be played at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary on Sunday, October 13.
This year marks the eighth edition of the annual tournament, organised by the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc, in collaboration in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport